Globe-holder.



W. J. SLOAN.

GLOBE HOLDER. l

APPLICATION man mima, 1911.

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Be it. lznovfri ther, Tl, Wimmer J. Smm', e citizen of he belted Siete@ of America, reliosburgh, in the eouny of Alle gheny and Seele openhsvlvenim have inm milled eerlein new enel useful Improvemems in Glehe-Holnlers, of which the following is e speeieetieh, reference being; had herein to he accompanying llmvling.'

This iriver-ieri relates to rr globe holcler, pferieulerly :or ges and eleere li l ixlules, mail. the primary object ol" 'the imeniorr is to ehvieze the necessity using ererve for eozmeoing the ripper edges of e globe lo .e holder.

Another ehjeei; of he vide e g holihg feviee rhein een he edf verite eo1iel.j/' heeel irl ee'lineoion wl'zh inverted mnmle fixtures, the devi-e allowing for expansion sin-cl contraction of the glass ,globe :ii-ill herehy preventing :my breakage due to the. globe being too tighly held in the holder.

Further objects ef the invention are to' provide e, globe holding device that is simple in eonsruciion, durable, easy lo manipulate nml highly ellieient for "ehe purposes for wheh it intended.

Y1/Vith lhe above and other objects in view, ien ree-Les in the novel construe lion, combination and arrangement ol" parte to he hereinafter speeilieelly described and. dien particularly claimed. l

ln the elzewing:-l`igure l is e perspective view el* the globe holding device, Fig. 2 is a horizonlel sectional view o he seme, and Fig. 3 is a vertical seelionel view of e portion of the device.

The reference. zliimeiel l elehoes the geeseneck oie fixture, eee end of the neel: having e eeeelle valve 2 marl en eir mixer 3, and he opposite end of iche'heelr lue-ving; e dome i provided with en enmrler @enge 5 and upper lower eireumferehsielly errenged rihs or beads 6 :md L The lahge 5 is provided with lhree equally soececl and rnrlielly dispoeel openings S en' moveblf/ errang-ed in these openings ere gripping pins 9 having 'lille inner ends thereof? provided with needs l0 and the outer emls secured to resiliehbmms 1l, Seid firms being riveted or otherwise eonheete-cl, es at l2 lo the flange -5.

Slidebly mmml'ed Lponlhe flange 5 be tween lilie beefls (5 enel is '1 bend 13 made Sw er e metallic Strip .having he einde 14 thereof nlerileil "el-om Serial Ne. M832?.

benl'. outwardly enel selclere, riveieel or oth erwise eonneote' egelche zo :fori lig/.which 'the banal is shllfed im 5. The hand 13 adjacent io? thereof is provided with l5 and extending lehren-g1 siepe 16, carried by ille flange to limit the shil'ing movement of t upon 'the ilehge 5, sei@ eooe tionelly es hamllesellher 'of w gripped in eenheeiziozi; willi l; he bend 13 to facilitaire the s 'ii hand upon he The hemel 13 is provided wil Cireumfereriialljf, arranged viding clearance he riv il, efifl said is provided Willi Slots arms il and -he gripping, through lhe hand and serve functional he purpose for which they L- e When the bend i3 is eliiiefl in lion, theiums 11 normally ha 'out of engagement with the uV p: edfe of globe 19 thereby allor-vih@ to Je removed from the dome, hul; bend is shifecl in lhe opposite di bami engages he arms ll, forcing mi .lewe-rally, together with ihe pine :i thereby causing the hemled enfle l@ of pins 'to engage the upper edge of the L l) emi firmly support the From the foregoing it will be oheervel that I have devised :i novel glohe l1, 1 that can be used in connection ivih ve. kinds ef light fixtures, and il; is obvious hel the holder can he mede of light am?. clerehle metal and inished o conform in alprpenrenee to the lxfcure in connection eifhwhleh i need.

What l claim is n A globe holder eompriung member adapted to he suppe lmnp support, e plurality of resilient .f

.eer-.lured at one end to enel emereelly member in spaced apart relelion, eheh having m imvarrllxvexlendlng grip? seid 'member hevmg au opemwr through which each pin extends, n euriuler operating ring external el by sind member, seid ring and mem .mg their directions of wifllh im,

planes, seid ring being ofse cirmime (hilly to form .fm annular reeees wie.N ,or ich,

said fingers extend, said ollsetheving elongated openings through which the free ond of the ingors are adapted to exend, said ning boing formed with a, projecting operating hnndlo and boing mihlzionzly Slotted on opposite sides of und adjacent said handle, and sop pins carried by said member and projecting through said slots, said monilylel" forming a shield inside of: the fingers to prevent direct heat Contact with the ingeis; from die burner.

In testimony 'whereof I affix my signatne in the presence of two witnesses.

, VVILLAM J. SLLN.

Yilnessos:

MAX H. SRoLowi'z, Ci-nlrs'rlxx T. Hoon. 

